I was talking to a father last week who had been one of my pediatric patients. His son had just come back from Iraq and was having great problems with post-stress syndrome. The young man had tried desperately to get psychiatric care at a Veterans' hospital and clinics, but the father said they basically just sent his son on his way. I replied that I knew this was happening from talking to other parents and doctors in the VA system. They are completely overwhelmed by the tragic outcome of Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney's war. Now Iraq veterans are committing suicide, abusing their wives, and many marriages are ending in divorce.
There is not enough money for veterans in the budget to hire more doctors or pay for private psychiatric care. To make matters worse, Mr. MrCain has "tabled or opposed: 20 million dollars in veterans' health care facilities, 430 million dollars for outpatient care, one billion-500 million dollars in additional medical care to be created by closing tax loopholes for the rich and one billion-800 million dollars for additional veterans' medical care by closing other tax loopholes". * This is unbelieveable for a man who is a veteran and professes to care about the Iraq veterans. We should all speak out and make every effort to elect a president who will care about our wounded veterans.
I was talking to a father last week who had been one of my pediatric patients. His son had just come back from Iraq and was having great problems with post-stress syndrome. The young man had tried desperately to get psychiatric care at a Veterans' hospital and clinics, but the father said they basically just sent his son on his way. I replied that I knew this was happening from talking to other parents and doctors in the VA system. They are completely overwhelmed by the tragic outcome of Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney's war. Now Iraq veterans are committing suicide, abusing their wives, and many marriages are ending in divorce.
There is not enough money for veterans in the budget to hire more doctors or pay for private psychiatric care. To make matters worse, Mr. MrCain has "tabled or opposed: 20 million dollars in veterans' health care facilities, 430 million dollars for outpatient care, one billion-500 million dollars in additional medical care to be created by closing tax loopholes for the rich and one billion-800 million dollars for additional veterans' medical care by closing other tax loopholes". * This is unbelieveable for a man who is a veteran and professes to care about the Iraq veterans. We should all speak out and make every effort to elect a president who will care about our wounded veterans.